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Elon Musk: “The stuff we're doing with Treasury Department is so basic…”

Featuring: Elon Musk, Senior Advisor to the President, Head of Department of Government Efficiency | National

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Published | Video Starts at 26:09

Sorry for this. I thought my son might enjoy this, but he's sticking his fingers in my ears and stuff. It's been hard to hear some. The stuff we're doing with Treasury Department is so basic that you can't believe it doesn't exist already. So, for example, like I mentioned, just making sure that when a payment goes out, it has to have a payment categorization code. It's like, what type of payment is this? (26:09–26:16)

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Asserts that basic financial controls are lacking in the Treasury Department.

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